Where?
Start and finish at the back parking lot of the Courtyard King
Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, where the Ironman Banquets take place.What to wear? See belowHow far is the run? 1.5 smiles/ 2.4 km total. Registered?
Yes, YOU must be registered. $20 bucks. Money raised goes to West
Hawaii Special Olympics which lost its state funding. Please check website for other charities.

{Excerpts loosely taken from Triathlete Magazine. October 2014. page 98:Roch
Frey, one of the Kona Underpants Run Organizers is "flying in a
representative from Guinness World Records to verify the head count.....
The skinny on skivvies: "I've talked to the people at Guinness, and
underpants could be a pair of Speedos or bikini bottoms." Frey explains,
"As long as they're underpants-type looking, and the women have a top
on of some sort, we're good to go. The only people who wouldn't qualify
are those who are wearing a costume. And you have to be in your own pair
of underpants-no shared underpants in 86 inch size."

Note: YOU must be registered. Each runner will be chip timed for verification purposes. Register here: www.underpantsrun.org/

Sunday, October 5, 2014

(I wrote this super duper quickly, so there are some grammatical mistakes and run-ons.)

Which one should I get?

The GoPro HERO 4 Silver Edition ($399)

orThe GoPro HERO 4 Black Edition ($499?)ps. And it isn't about price.

TWO, just TWO reasons why I got the Silver Edition.

(ABOVE: SIDE BY SIDE. Kinda hardto read, so I blew up the specs below.)

BLACK EDITION SPECS BELOW

VS.SILVER EDITION SPECS BELOW

For me, it's a no brainer. The Silver Edition.

(Above: Click for more info.)

The SILVER EDITION Reason #1:DISPLAYWhy? With a display you can "frame," your shots with better accuracy that without a display. Without a display, you are basically shooting blind. You are guestimating. Sure, it can be fun, thrilling and exhilarating to

"see" what you captured when you get home and upload your memory card, however, that is leaving your memories, your once-in-a-lifetime and precious moments up to chance and luck.Plus, if you are professional or even if you are not, and want to capture something important to you, you don't want that anxiety and worry of "did I get the shot or not."With a display you at least have the option of framing the photo by looking at the display or not. Without a display you only have one option.Choices baby. Two choice are between than one.This happens more so when doing "underwater" or "water" related photography. Why? Miniscule droplets of water on the lens. Sure, you think you got the shot, but, when you go home, you'll see it as bright as day. Smack in the middle of your image.....a water spot. Blurry and ugly.Sure Photoshop can fix the image, but, wouldn't you rather get it right the first time.

This has happened to me, MANY times. I'd do a shoot in Santa Monica at Tower 26.I "thought" that the lens was water droplet free, even after, spitting on the lens, and lo-and-behold, I'd get home, upload the photos, and BAM,

a ruined photo.

A display can at least help solve that to some extent. N'est pas?

The GoPro HERO 4 Black Edition, doesn't have a display already attached to it. However, you can purchase one for an additional $79.99. Okay, so problem solved. But at $499 for just the Black Edition, plus an additional $79.99 for the display and then you're talking close to 6 bills with tax vs the $399 (plus tax) for the Silver Edition.